[Guest Film Review] "Sunflower"2016/10/08,
Tae-sik was a true delinquent during his high school years, having drooped out of school and constantly fighting, along with his two lackeys, Yang-gi and Chang-moo. Choi Do-pil was the leader of the local mob during that period, and was desperately trying to persuade Tae-sik to join their ranks. During his last effort, he attacked Tae-sik, along with his henchmen, wishing to kill him. However, they failed miserably as he injured one of them named Byeong-jin and killed another. The result was that Tae-sik was sent to prison and Choi Do-pil's gang was dismantled,...More

[HanCinema's Drama Review] "Drama Special - Unfamiliar Story"2015/11/07,
Soo-bong (played by Jeong Yoon-seok) is a boy who visualizes life as being a storybook. This isn't because Soo-bong has a particularly vivid imagination. Rather, Soo-bong and his brother Jae-bong (played by Kim Jeong-woo) are currently living without a mother, and Soo-bong thinks its his responsibility as the older brother to "rescue" their mom. Being a kid, Soo-bong has not considered the possibility that the reasons behind his mother's departure may not have been a result of external factors,...More

[HanCinema's Film Review] "Salut D'Amour"2015/05/02,
Seong-chil (played by Park Geun-hyeong) is a grumpy old man who's stubbornly standing in the way of a redevelopment scheme for his local neighborhood. The other characters decide, somewhat elaborately, that the best way to get Seong-chil to fold is to develop a convoluted romantic storyline involving Geum-nim (played by Yoon Yeo-jeong). And so, we get a love story involving Seong-chil and Geum-nim,...More

[HanCinema's Film Review] "Granny's Got Talent"2015/04/11, Kim Soo-mi plays an old woman who, in everyday life, has to submit to the normal low-class indignities of being a maid, along with a small gamut of other familial problems. However, every so often, she does get to go out in the middle of nowhere and just cuss out every single person or thing in hearing distance. And that's pretty much the entire movie. There is something about a national swearing competition thrown in there, but don't expect too much emphasis on that front. The main serious rival doesn't even show up until the movie's almost over,...More

[HanCinema's Film Review] "Around The World"2015/03/21,
As an adult with the ability to travel long distances across your country or even outside it, and with Internet access to connect you with information theoretically anywhere and anytime, the world is pretty impossibly big. For kids it's a different matter. Just getting across town without adult supervision is a pretty huge challenge- especially when that town is Seoul. So it is for older sister Ji-ho (played by Park Ha-yeong) and younger brother Seon-ho (played by Goo Seung-yeon). Especially since they inevitably get lost,...More

[HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2015.03.06 ~ 2015.03.082015/03/09, "The Kingsman"'s reign continues unchallenged… Last weekend British spy flicks "Kingsman: The Secret Service" and "The Imitiation Game" ruled at as the country's number one and two, claiming just under a million admission between them. The later lost its footing and fell to third, but Matthew Vaughn's "Kingsman" managed to retain its place as Korea's film of choice despite the arrival of Ahn Sang-hoon's period drama, "Empire of Lust",...More

[HanCinema's Film News] New Korean Films Inbound...2015/02/28, K-Films Coming Soon: ★★★ "Dog Eat Dog": Two vigilantes get bitten back by a gang that targets Koreans abroad. (03/05) ★★★ "Barracks": A group of friends are lured into a private camp with a mad instructor who's out to get them. (03/05) ★★ "Granny's Got Talent": A foul-mouthed granny takes part in a national cussing contest. (03/05) ★★★★ "Empire of Lust": A Joseon commander has to mind a scorned prince as well as a conniving gisaeng during a volatile time in the Kingdom's founding. (03/05),...More

[HanCinema's Film Review] "Shoot Me in the Heart"2015/02/14,
Soo-myeong (played by Yeo Jin-goo) is a sad, disturbed young man who's being sent to a mental institution for his own protection. Seung-min (played by Lee Min-ki)...well, it's some time into "Shoot Me in the Heart" before it's made completely clear whether Seung-min is actually crazy. Seung-min claims to be the victim of some sort of elaborate conspiracy. A single phone call is all Seung-min needs to produce someone who can vouch for his sanity. Of course, that's just what a crazy person would say, and we can't listen to crazy people. It's not like a sane person would react violently if they were forcibly restrained in a mental institution,...More

Bonuses paid for movie success VS production cost shackles2015/02/03, Source, The bonus amount that an actor earns for a successful box office hit is more than a billion won.
The benefit of a booming movie market for three years in a row is going to the actors. It is the result of the contribution and role of an actor that decides the success of the movie but some days it's too much,...More

[HanCinema's Film Review] "Man on the Edge": Gangsters and Giggles, Again2014/11/29, In the spotlight this week: Jo Jin-kyoo's "Man on the Edge"…
Last year "Man on the Edge" cruelly missed out on a top ten finish. Almost all the horses were in, and the 3.8M admissions its scored back in January (roughly $25.6M) meant it was looking snug and settled behind "The New World" (10th with $31.4M), but in year's final hour "The Attorney" snuck in and, eventually, finished its case with $36.9M in compensation.
"The Attorney" did not so much 'climb' into sixth; rather it impressively, and promptly, inserted itself among 2013's top performers. It was a dramatic departure for Jo's efforts, to be sure, and before last year's record books are taken by time (and 'fringe' favorites such as this forgotten), I was curious to experience how this gangster-shaman crossover managed to weave all its generic threads together,...More

[HanCinema's Film News] New Korean Films Inbound...2014/06/28, K-Films Coming Soon:
★★★★★ "The Divine Move": Tae-suk is framed for his brother's murder after losing a high-stakes game of Go and vows revenge. (07/03)
★★★ "One Night Only": Two short dramas ("Night Bug" and "One Night") by directors Kim Jho Kwang-soo and Kim Tae-yong-I. (07/03)
★★★★★ "Mourning Grave": A boy able to see ghosts is stigmatised for it. He moves to rural school and befriends a female ghost but soon his classmates start disappearing around him. (07/03)
★★★ "BLACKDEAL": A documentary by Lee Hoon-kyu about public service and privatization in the developed world. (07/03)
★★★★ "Navigation": Three members of movie club take a trip to an isolated village and get lost. They witness a terrible accident and then follow a mysterious navigation device they find. (07/03),...More

[HanCinema's Film Review] "Mourning Grave"2014/06/27,
In-soo (played by Kang Ha-neul), try as he might, just can't get used to ghosts freaking him out on a regular basis. His attitude starts shifting when he meets a new one played by Kim So-eun. She's friendly, playful, not terrifying, and best of all, has absolutely no involvement in the greater social system of his new school, which quickly manages to get under In-soo's skin. In-soo is greatly relaxed by the fact that he doesn't have to perform around her, or worry about his attitude being taken the wrong way. But his interactions with the ghost inevitably lead to his getting involved in a more standard horror movie plot, one that meets an unsettling, if relatively predictable end,...More

[HanCinema's Film Review] "Duelist"2013/11/01,
'Damo' is a series a lot of people will know. Being quite a popular title and undoubtedly one that helped Ha Ji-won rise to fame, it is an important piece of Korean television for many reasons. 'Duelist' has some things in common with it. Both movies are based on the same manhwa and both star Ha Ji Won as the female lead. However, that might very well be where their similarities end. The format is different, one being a drama and the other a movie, but 'Duelist' being a work by Lee Myeong-se means it is also an unapologetic art film. This makes it more of a fusion sageuk, as many elements, from wardrobe to the music, take creative liberty and are simply not consistent with the era the movie is set in,...More

[HanCinema's Film News] New Korean Films Inbound...2013/09/28, K-Films Coming Soon:
★★★★ "Tough as Iron": Kang-cheol, a once great street fighter, gets pulled into Busan's organised crime while trying to support his deteriorating mother. (10/02)
★★★★ "Hope": A father struggles to support his family in the aftermath of his daughter's assault. (10/02)
★★ "Vacation": Three glamorous and privileged young women go on a seductive vacation with three men they've targeted. (10/01),...More

[HanCinema's Film Review] "Miracle in Cell No.7"2013/01/25,
The main characters are retarded father Yong-Goo (played by Ryoo Seung-ryong) and his adorable seven year old daughter Ye-Seung (played by Gal So-won). Circumstances conspire to keep them apart, but through sheer determination and the help of other prison inmates, they're able to find time to be happy together. This family changes the hardened people around them for better. But inevitably, for all these attempts at happiness, tragedy strikes and people left my theater crying. "Miracle in Cell No.7" is an extremely manipulative movie emotionally, and oftentimes feel like it's cheating by forcing the audience to identify with these overwrought situations,...More

[HanCinema's Weekend Box Office Review] 2013.01.18 ~ 2013.01.202013/01/21, HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review (2013.01.18 ~ 2013.01.20)
The Korean comedy "Man on the Edge" by Jo Jun-kyoo managed to retain its number one status for the second weekend running. The film logged nearly 900,000 admissions this past weekend and was the clear favourite among moviegoers. "Man on the Edge" stars Park Shin-yang as a gangster who also lives a double life as a shaman; Kim Jeong-tae, Eom Ji-won and Jeong Hey-yeong accompany him on screen as this unique blend of comedy continues to thrills fans. The film now moves onto more than 2.5 million admissions since its release on the ninth,...More

[HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2012.08.10 ~ 2012.08.122012/08/13, HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review (2012.08.10~ 2012.08.12)Choi Dong-hoon's "The Thieves" has been smashing the record books as the Korean public are still scrambling to catch this star-studded heist flick. "The Thieves" is already the highest grossing film released in Korea this year, with a phenomenal admissions count of almost 10 million! That's more that 2 million past its closest rival "The Avengers". All the while undermining "The Dark Knights" climb to 6 million admissions as well as nullifying the initial impact of Kim Joo-ho's "The Heist" which entered the race this past week,...More

[HanCinema's Interview Corner] "Remember O Goddess": FILM NOIR, ADVENTURE and LOVE2012/04/14,
This week HanCinema sat down with writer/director Yoon Jung Lee and probed her about her team's recent drive to gain sponsors for her new film noir "Remember O Goddess". The film has been made into a 25 minute short and Yoon hopes that through the support of international cinephiles and enthusiasts, she and her team of talented actors and crew will be able to obtain the funding required to produce a feature length version of this gripping and heart-felt examination into the human condition.
The 25 minute short film of "Remember O Goddess" is available to watch online for free (English subtitles available), and their Kickstarter Campaign will run until 10th May,...More

[HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2012.01.06 ~ 2012.01.082012/01/09, HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review(2011.01.06 ~ 2012.01.08)
It has been four weeks at the top now for "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" and the big budget espionage flick has banked a total of 6,243,796 admissions here in Korea. This past weekend saw it add 477,851 to that as the film continues to be a big crowd pleaser,...More

Imagine all the spunky tail-wagging, perky woofs and irresistible puppy eyes of "101 Dalmatians" ― but live. Korea's canine heroine Dal-i, better known by her screen persona Maumi, has returned after four years with three puppies, offering quadruple the "aww",...More

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